More activities in Lapland

Giving out some reindeer food--- How can you resist this face?

Word travels fast

Most impressive rack of the day

Having a rest

Grazing on the ski slopes in Luosto, Finland

No worries

View to the side of our cabin

Took this shot around 1:30 am outside our cabin--- this is about as dark as it gets this time of year in the Arctic Circle

One of the lakes near our cabin where we went hiking

A little tic-tac-toe in the mountains

Trying my hand at some fishing--- 3 good bites, but 0 fish landed in 30 minutes

My evening meal at Scandic--- chicken with goat cheese, basil, tomatoes, and a pesto sauce--- One of the best dinners I have had in Finland

Estalita's dinner--- Baked salmon with rosemary potatoes and vegetables

Chowing down

Getting checked in at our cabin--- The kids loved this place--- Huge bunkbeds, rustic interior, fireplace, and our own personal sauna

Inside the cabin

Biggest bunk beds I've ever seen

Serene landscape of Lapland

I thought I would include another installment of pictures from our trip to Lapland last weekend. Things were fairly quiet for us in Seinajoki this week, but the activity level has picked up now that there is another festival going on in the city. This festival involves some rally car racing and some rock music entertainment into the wee hours of the night, or should I say early morning. Seinajoki has many festivals during the summer that draw thousands of people to this area. Some festivals that have already come and gone during our time here this summer include the Harley Davidson rally, Tango festival, midsummer celebrations, the heavy metal Provinsi rock concerts (which draw about 75,000 strong), a large Christian revival/festival, and probably a few more that I am leaving out.
We traveled to Tampere ( a city of about 250,000) to take on the Saints on Saturday afternoon. The game was a physical contest that ended in a 47-14 Crocodiles victory. The team played well again and managed to put 30 points up on the board by halftime. We seem to be clicking on all cylinders right now and our team is getting better each week. As I said before, this was a physical game and a few of our guys got injured. The Saints run the option, so there are a lot of collisions due to the nature of this scheme. Option attacks are hard to prepare for and a bit tricky to defend. I appreciate the discipline and structure of this type of offense, but I don't think I will be rushing out to coach this type of football any time soon. Anyway, I just want to say great job Crocs and lets stay hungry and motivated to keep getting better each week.

Lights out.